Subject: Re: Tent Footage
Date: Sat, 11 Jul. 1998 05:14:38 +0000
From: Philip Mantle <el51@dial.pipex.com>
To: "Mark L. Center"

Mark L. Center wrote:
 
Hi Philip,
 
Two Questions:
 
1. Santilli has been quoted as saying  something to the affect, "What we are talking about is the different versions of the Tent Footage floating around..." Is there a (Santilli approved) of the Tent Footage?

From Philip Mantle:

THERE IS ONLY ONE TENT FOOTAGE. I COULD BE THAT MORE OF IT WAS RELEASED TO SOME THAN OTHERS BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE VERSION. SANTILLI MAY SIMPLY BE  TRYING TO COVER HIS TRACKS.

2. Isn't the Tent Footage the first footage Santilli showed around to gauge interest in the footage?

From Philip Mantle:

IT IS INDEED. SANTILLI SHOWED AND GAVE ME A COPY OF IT. I STILL HAVE THIS COPY WITH ME NOW.
 
(BTW, I have the uncut video which Santilli sent to Kiviat for his Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction show. The Tent Footage in that video looks awfully similar to the Penetrating the Web Tent Footage).

From Philip Mantle:

IT IS EXACTLY THE SAME. SANTILLI IS CLAIMING THAT HE WITHDREW THE TENT FOOTAGE FROM THE BROADCASTERS BECAUSE HE FELT THE LAB (ARK MUSIC) HAD 'TAMPERED WITH IT'. THIS IS INCORRECT AS YOU HAVE JUST STATED IT WAS SOLD
TO KIVIAT AND OTHERS AS PART OF A PACKAGE.

THERE IS DEFINITELY MORE TO COME ON THIS TENT FOOTAGE SAGA AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME MEDIA INTEREST IN MY RELEASE AND I HOPE THAT THEY HAVE FOLLOWED UP ON THE
STORY. I AM WAITING TO SEE WHAT SUNDAY'S NEWSPAPERS BRING.

IN MY OPINION SANTILLI IS DEFINITELY RUNNING SCARED. I FEEL I HAVE AT LEAST TOUCHED A RAW NERVE IF NOTHING ELSE. I DARE  SAY I WILL NOT BE ON HIS CHRISTMAS CARD LIST AFTER ALL OF THIS IS OVER.

APPARENTLY HE HAS BEEN POSTING ALL SORTS OF THINGS ON THE COMPUSERVE ROSWELL FORUM ACCUSING ME OF STALKING KEITH BATEMAN. IF A COULD OF LETTERS, 3 FAXES AND A NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS (ALL UN-ANSWERED) IS
STALKING THEN I GUESS I'M  GUILTY. SOUNDS TO ME LIKE HE'S JUST TRYING TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE FACT THAT IT LOOKS PRETTY CERTAIN THAT WE CAN PROVE THAT THE TENT FOOTAGE IS A FAKE.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THINGS DEVELOP AND IT WILL BE EVEN MORE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT KIVIAT'S NEW PROGRAM COMES UP WITH.

ALL THE BEST,

PHILIP.